Two sets of solar panels are now operational at Eggar’s School in Alton and TPS in Petersfield with our support.
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We gave £25,000 to each school which was the start of pulling funding together for the ambitious projects.
Local community energy groups Energise South Downs (ESD) and Energy Alton helped secure the funding and supported the schools through the process.
The final installation at Eggar’s will provide 50kW of panels and the larger installation at TPS will provide 100kW of panels which will go some way to reducing both their electricity costs and carbon emissions.
Cllr Robert Mocatta, EHDC portfolio holder for Regeneration and Place (which includes climate change), said:
“I’m really pleased that we were able to support these projects.
“It’s important that schools are able to use renewable sources of energy; young people will inherit the world from us and when they do, I want them to know we did everything we could to reduce our impact on the environment.”
Director of Energise South Downs Catriona Cockburn said:
"Our aim is to support organisations to realise their ambitious for renewable energy. It has been great to support TPS who are passionate about decarbonising."